Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-21
ARBOR DAY TOMORROW.
a tina WHsS EvERYoSE oUaBr TO
PLANr TssE.
some suggesiions From Approved sourcss.
About uow and where to Pisns Young
sapiinss In Order to Have Them DO
the Beet Possible GOOD.

planting. Below will be found some general
directions on this i'm mportant suhject that will
be OF interest.
The holes for the trees should he always |
made before the trees are brought on the
ground Tney should be somewhat larger
and deeper than those needed in common |
planting on private lands, because it is de-
sirAhle to give the trees the best possible op-
portunity at the start. Tue sur face soil, being
generally the best. should be thrown up on |
one side and the poorer soil from below on |
the other. In filling in the better soil should
I've returned first, so as to be nearer the roots.
In hard clsyey soils great advantage is gained
by digging the holes In the fail, so that the
earth may be exposed to the weather through
the winter. The holes might pe loosely
covered with boards when nece essary. II the
soil be somewhat sterile wagon load of rich
loan, compost or woods earth placed below |
and around the roots would be the cheapest
means for insurng success In applying
manures care should bs taken that trey To |
placed below and near, but not in contact |
with the roots lu setting the tree it should |
be placed trltis deeper than 1t stood before, |
| the roots should be spread out 80 that none |
| are doubles. aud fine, rich soil should he
carefully siited i'll among them so a. to till
every space. Sometimes the roots are dipped |
| in a tuo containing thin mud OF rich soil |
| before they are set In any event, unless the |
| soil is evidently damp enough, the trees
| should be well wstered as soon "a they are !
| planted. aud this process in dry seasons
i should I've repeated from time to time through
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| dry soil this watering should be continued
i longer, and this is q service that can be rs
| signed to the scholars with great propriety,
| but should not be overdone. The soil should
| be pressed down srOund the roots to give
| taem firm hold. In the light, porous soil
| of the prairies it can scarcely oe too firmly
| troiden down. as well Al the bottom OF the
| holes bt fore setting on the top after the
| tree Is planted. The surface should not be
| rounded up around the trees, al least no
more than to allow for settling, and the tree,
| when well established, should have the soil
around 1t on the level or, If anything, a little
| below the general suriaca. In shoveliug
| paths in the snow it is well to heap 1t up
| around the trees in winter 10 prevent them
| from starting prematurely in spring.
| The fresh surface around a newly planted
| tree, ii III a dry climate, should be mulched
by q covering OF straw, leaves, or OF wood
chips, the last being always proper surface
| dressing around young trees. 1t the soil is
not otherwise covered a. above, it should be
| kept free from weeds and grass until the trees
are well started, and it should be prevented
from baking by occasionally raking or hoe
, | ing the surface lightly, especially in dry
| time II the grounds are naturally wet they
, | should be properly drained. In exceptional
cases, where irrigation is possible and the soil
and climate are of the arid type, this may be
| the only means for making trees survive.
, In taking up a tree for trans planting, part
, | OF the roots will necs ssarily ue LETT in the
| ground. 1t is in many cases necessary 10
e | shorten the branches sn that a due balance
| may be maintained between the foliage and
the roots, tor as rule the trees with most
vigorous tops are best supplied with roots
1t will be necessary 10 trim oil the side
| branches OF trees planted TOR ornament
r around school. houses, until the tops are car
4, | ried above reach. II is often proper with
/. | larger trees to afford some shelter to the
:, trunks thus exposed to the sun, by binding
ii straw around them or by placing a board as
screen on the south side.
WHERE TO PLANT.
). 1t is needless to remark that school room
'! needs an abundance of fresh air and suifcien
light. The trees planted upon the ground
=; around it should therefore stand far enoug
~ away to allow free circulation OF the all
- although they might when grown afford
=. grateful shade. AS a general rule, even Il
,, the smallest grounds, row OF trees may b
~ planted in the street, six or eight feet from
~ the fence line, but always protected b
| guards and hitching posts, as already noticed
AZ In small lots the corners only might admit c
sd further planting; but with wider oppOrtunlt
ca | we may gain some effect from the grOupiu
ii. OF trees and upon still more ample premises
20 such as should always belong to academ lie
.o | and colleges we may with great profit al
~ tempt the cultivation of trees in considerable
VI variety with the view OF securing a plessn
'r- combination of views aud object lessons Il
ly | sylyicultGre. If there be outbuildngs, the
ly should be invaii ibly screened by trees an
MT il there be an joining marshy spot.
90 | should be covered with trees or bushe
suited 10 the conditions.
10 Itmsy sometimes happen that the owner
q OF the adjoining lands may be willing +
r plant the oatsiieS leading to the school
IL house with al avenue OF trees, or they ma
"a consent to this being done by those intereste,
in the school grounds under improvement,
- It's always very desirable to enlist tn
;" children OF the sch Nol in these operations, b.
,s | their assistance in the planting and their car
he Atterwari. Where certain trees are assigne
ng to particular scholars or to little committee
to whom their protection Is intrusted, the II
terest thus secured wo"ld not fail To produC
the happiesL effect The trees might
up named in memory of some person or son
so event worthy Of remembrance, and the ASS
I'll. Citations thus created would not isil to reca
as. the pleasaut associations that happy chi,
ne hood Is sure to ilnpart to alter lie.
III As to the intervals b3twssn the tree
=. planted in lines, something will! depend uPC
'h' their kinds and upon the soil, exposure, AL
me other circumstances of the place, AS
rst general rule, in grove and forest planting,
est | great many more trees must be started thS
The We expect or wish to have grow in full sz
IA and they must be thinned out from time
, time as they become crowded. We thus $
'ea cure high and uniform bodies to the tree
"! without the need of side pruning. But in Il
nal case OF trees in avenues, We cannot do tn
nts excepting by sometimes taking out alterna
al. | trees 1t Is sometimes the custom TO pla
:, for more immedia effect the alternate tre
- OF some rapidly growing kind, which tend
OH make the others grow higher ss, tor exa,nT
re- poplsrs and elms, the former being taken o
cen fifteen TO twenty feet will generally
ut found q proper interval but IN the case
nst those with wide spreading tops thirty it
" should be allowed.
Before leaving the subject OF methods
NJ planting we should not 1aii to condemn
list, practice that has been followed in certs
20. irrigated districts in the Tar West, in whi
. in | poles OF cottonwood, without root or bran
tho and sometimes large enough tor telegra
80 | poles, have been SGT along streets and ha
7'a' grown to become trees. In tact, poles
Ies. tor telegraph use have thus budded a
liZs grown like Aaron's rod where trees were
rm, expected or desired. Such trees, howev
for become hollow In a lew years, aud are sh
-, | lived. The reason Is obvious: for
Aou branches are put forth at some distance bel
the the top, which dries up aud rots oii, ieavin
for hole open to the rains. The lower end 81
With | oil roots around the edge and sides, but
middle part soon rOts from the abs)rpt
OF water until hollow space il formed fr
one end to the other. A small tree wO
Outgrow such pole In = few years and $
on. we half century sitter 1t was dead and
OF gotten.